NYT Dictionary

NOTE

/noʊ̯t/
NounVerbNOTEnote · 1 syllableGrade 3

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Meaning

A symbol or annotation.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English note, from Old English not, nōt (“note, mark, sign”) and Old French note (“letter, note”), both from Latin nota (“mark, sign, remark, note”).

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

draftbondpapercommercial paperIOUletter of creditbillattentionblemishblot

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 20 recorded puzzles:

+8 earlier appearances in the archive.

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